Math Week 3: Problem-solving

By Cassandra Sommer

November 03, 2008, 2:13PM

Complete the following activities:

1. Entertaining friends

Imagine you are having friends over to your house for the day. Plan activities for them to do. Look through the newspaper, and cut out photos and words showing different activities they would enjoy. Make a chart that divides the day into time slots, and paste an activity into each time slot.

2. Compare the stories

Clip an item that costs less than $1 from a food ad in the newspaper. Paste the item on a piece of paper. Draw a picture of coins (1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent) you could use to buy this item. What other combinations of coins could be used?

3. Away for the day

Imagine you are taking a day trip to the destination of your choice. You have $100 to spend. Look through the newspaper for prices of various expenses of your trip. Make a list of all the costs. Do you have any change from your $100?

Helpful hint:

Some of the expenses of your day trip could include transportation, meals and entertainment.